Combined street-car fender and brake



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G. T. HALL. COMBINED STREET GAR FENDER AND BRAKE. No. 446,227. 7Patented Feb. 10, 1 891.

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COMBINED STREET UAR FENDER AND BRAKE.

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GEORGE T, HALL, OF MONROVIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. F. SPENCE, OFLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED STREET-CAR FENDER AND BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,227, dated February10, 1891.

Application filed August 9, 1890- Serial No. 361,546. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monrovia, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combined Street-Oar Fenderand Brake,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is specially adapted for vuse on the dummies of cablerailways. 1t frequently occurs in railways of this description thatsudden dips and rises are made in the track, and in consequence rigidfenders are found to be impracticable, as they become broken by contactwith the road at such places. It has been proposed to hinge the fendersto the dummy; but this also has been found impracticable, because thefender is liableto be thrown upward when it comes into contact with aperson fallen upon the track, and therefore passes over such personinstead of removing him from the track.

The object of my invention is to provide means'whereby both of theabove-mentioned objections are overcome.

A further object is to increase the utility of the device by adaptin gitfor use as a brake.

My invention comprises the combination of the car, a rigidforwardly-extending fender secured to the front part of the car andarranged for vertical movement and provided with brake-shoes, andmechanism for operating the forward portion of the fender vertically toraise it above the track and to force it down to press the brake-shoesupon the track.

It also comprises other elements and combinations of elementshereinafter more fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention; but it is to beunderstood that I do not limit my claim to the exact construction shown,for there are numerous modifications of the operating mechanism whichwill suggest themselves to mechanics.

Figure 1 shows a car or dummy in longitudinal mid-section provided withmy combined fender and brake, the operating mechanism of which is shownprincipally in plain side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sameas viewed from the under side of the car. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ona larger scale, showing the fender and brake in its normal position.Fig. 4 is a like view showing the fender and brake in operation as it isdesigned to be used in stopping a car in case of danger or on any otheroccasion. Dotted lines show the position of the fender when raised inpassing over a rise in the track.

A is the forwardly-extending fender provided with the rail-engagingbrake-shoes B,

arranged to fit upon the rails when the fender is fully depressed tostop the car. The fenders are pivoted to the car by pivots U at the rearend of the tender, and each is provided with the rigidrearwardly-projecting lever or arm D, arranged to be engaged by suitableoperating mechanism for controlling the vertical movement of the fender.Such mechanism, as shown, comprises a pivoted lever E engaging the rearend of arm D, and'in turn being engaged by a presser-bar .F, which isconnected with a suitable lever I, accessible to the gripman or otheroperator. This presser-bar may be arranged to be operated by foot or byhand, as may be desired, with- 5 out changing the principle of myinvention.

G is a balancing-spring arranged to engage the arm D and hold the fenderin a normal position, sufficiently elevated above the track to preventfriction. I prefer the fender to be held normally about an inch abovethe track. H is a return-spring arranged to operate against the actionof the balance-spring G and to hold the lever E steadily pressedthereagainst. The weight of leverE tends to serve the same purpose.

I is a pivoted hand-lever arranged with intermediate connections J tooperate the presser-bar F vertically. It is provided with a pawl L,which engages with a ratchet-bar M to hold 0 the hand-lever in thedesired position. It is designed that when the lever is set at itsnormal position, as shown in Fig. 1, it will allow a limited upwardmovement of the bar F to permit the tender to move upward upon con- 5tact with a rise in the track.

The operation is as follows: WVhen the operating-lever is in its normalposition, the tender is elevated a suitable distance above the track,and in case any rise occurs in the :00

track the front end and shoes of the fender, which are slightly curvedor inclined upward for this purpose, slip upward along the incline ofthe track, and since the fender is pivoted to allow of such movement thespring G is compressed and allows the fender to accommodate itself tothe incline. \Vhcn the grade again becomes uniform, the spring returnsthe fender to its normal position. In case any person or obstructionshould be seen on the track the operator immediately draws back thehand-lever I, thus forcing the front end of the fender down andpreventing the person or object from forcing up the front end of thefender. The parts are so arranged that this movement of the leverforcesthe fender down With the shoes upon the rails, thus applying atrack-brake to stop the train, so that the one movement insures properand positive action of the fender and also serves to stop the train.

In Fig. 1 the car is provided at each end with a fender, and by themeans provided both fenders may be operated simultaneously, thusbringing the track-shoes B at each end of the car into contact with therail, so that if sufiicient force is exerted upon the handlever I thecar-wheels may be raised from the track and the car supported wholly bythe brake-shoes. In the drawings the parts at one end of the car aredistinguished from the like parts at the other end of the car by meansof an indice.

Now, having described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the car, a forwardlyextending fender providedrwiththe arm and with the rail-engaging brake-shoes and pivoted to the car toallow vertical movement of such fender and shoes, and mechanism arrangedto engage such arm to operate the 4. The combination of the car, aforwardly-- extending fender pivoted to the car and provided with thearm, the balancing-spring arranged to engage the arm, the pivoted leverarranged to engage the arm, and mechanism arranged to operate the lever.5. The combination of the car, a forwardlyextending fender pivoted tothe car and provided with the arm, the balance-spring arranged to engagethe arm, the pivoted lever arranged to engage the rear ends of the arm,and the presser-bar arranged to engage the pivoted lever, thehand-lever, and intermediate connections connecting the hand-lever andpresser-bar.

GEO. T. HALL. lVitnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, U. E. SLossoN.

